**Summary:**
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is establishing Tribal Multipurpose Marketing Centers (TMMCs) to promote the socioeconomic development of tribal communities and enhance their income. Responding to a question from Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Shri Durgadas Uikey, informed Lok Sabha on August 7, 2025, that these centers will serve as facilities for aggregation, value addition, and marketing of tribal products. The TMMCs aim to: (i) minimize post-harvest and post-production losses; (ii) foster the use of locally sourced products through aggregation and value addition; (iii) provide tribal producers with opportunities for collective marketing and market information, and connect them with potential buyers; and (iv) ensure better price realization through market linkages and aggregation. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is considering proposals from State Governments, including Telangana, to ensure the long-term operational effectiveness of these centers and enhance market access for tribal entrepreneurs and their products.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Tribal Affairs: The Indian government ministry responsible for the welfare and development of tribal communities.
Tribal Multipurpose Marketing Centers (TMMCs): A facility center for aggregation, value addition, and marketing of tribal produce products.
Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy: Member of Parliament who raised an unstarred question.
Shri Durgadas Uikey: The Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
Telangana State: A state in India from which proposals were received.
State Governments: Governments of various states in India that submitted proposals.
Tribal entrepreneurs: Individuals from tribal communities who are engaged in entrepreneurial activities
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIBAL MULTIPURPOSE
MARKETING CENTERS
Posted On: 07 AUG 2025 2:59PM by PIB Delhi
Replying to an un-starred question of Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, the Union Minister of State for
Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Lok Sabha today that Tribal Multipurpose Marketing-Centers
(TMMCs) has been envisaged to act as a facility centre for aggregation, value addition and marketing of tribal
produce/products for overall socioeconomic development of tribal communities and enhancing their income
in following ways:
(i). Minimize post-harvest and post-production losses. (ii). Foster the use of locally sourced produce /
products through aggregation/ value addition of tribal produce / products.
(iii). Provide tribal producers with opportunities and support for collective marketing and other services such
as market information and establishing contacts between farmers and potential
(iv). Ensuring better price realization of tribal produce / products by establishing market linkages at various
levels and opportunities of aggregation with tie ups.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs has considered the proposals received from the State Governments time to time
including the Telangana State to ensure that these centers remain operational and effective in the long term to
enhance market access for tribal entrepreneurs and products.
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